As we mentioned earlier, President Trump's tweet announcing his and First Lady Melania Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis was his most liked, and most shared, tweet ever, according to analytics shared by Axios.

Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

The tweet, which was sent at 12:54 am on Friday, chalked up record tallies while most of America was asleep, meaning it will likely be remembered as Trump's most popular tweet ever. Judging by the reaction in the polls seen when the leaders of Canada and Great Britain came down with COVID-19, a diagnosis actually could help improve Trump's popularity by making him more sympathetic.

Of course, Trump's political opponents are fixated on Trump's distaste for social distancing norms. Though President Trump and Joe Biden notably didn't shake hands at the outset of the debate, Trump defended his decision to continue holding large rallies on the campaign trail, and also mocked Biden for wearing a mask every time he appears on TV. Those clips have been playing in a non-stop loop across cable news.

Self-styled "journalists" and "politicians" tweeted crude jokes, or even went so far as to claim they were praying for both the president and First Lady to succumb to their infections.

This is our "progressive" media folks. Spiteful, vindicative ugly people. I fucking despise them with a passion. They are a cancer within society, with nothing positive to contribute, just snark and the spreading of division for clicks and ratings. https://t.co/96rHzwBL7j

— Yuri Bezmenov's Ghost